- Date
- January 3, 1968
- Place
- Jeddo, MI · JEDDO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N842BLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112142
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0007 68/1/3 JEDDO,MICH LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR TIME - 1340 N842B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 010568. WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT FLYING AT TREE TOP LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N842B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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